KhaosAI for VS Code

Cursor-style AI coding assistant in a single sidebar panel. Hosted inference out of the box (no API keys needed) — @khaosai chat participant, plan/debug/ agent/ask/multitask modes, MCP tooling, diff-first edit pipeline, and an optional Shopify theme preview tier.

Features

Single Cursor-style sidebar webview — chat composer, model picker, rules, workflows, MCP wizard, secrets, and settings all live in one panel.
Hosted KhaosAI inference — free tier ships with GPT-5 Nano for text and GPT Image Pro 1.5 for images (active by default). PRO unlocks GPT-5, Claude 4 Sonnet/Opus, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and larger image models.
@khaosai chat participant with /plan, /debug, /agent, /ask, /multitask.
Auto-approve policy — opt in to skip confirmations for safe actions (edits.apply, mcp.tool); destructive scopes stay manual until you approve.
MCP client — built-in stdio + HTTP transports; add servers from the in-webview wizard.
Diff-first edits — preview every proposed edit before it touches your workspace; checkpoints make rollbacks one-click.
Bring-your-own-key (optional) — OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, OpenRouter, or any custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Shopify tier (optional) — Shopify CLI preview, theme zip upload, multi-file proposals.

Install

From the VS Code Marketplace: search "KhaosAI" or run

ext install khaosai.khaosai

Run locally (Extension Host)

Open this folder in VS Code.
npm install
Press F5 to launch the Extension Development Host.
Open Chat and type @khaosai /ask hello.

Build a VSIX

pnpm --filter ./artifacts/khaos-vscode-extension run vsix

The published VSIX ships only dist/extension.js (bundled via esbuild) plus media/, package.json, LICENSE, README.md, and CHANGELOG.md. See RELEASING.md for the full release checklist.

Settings (high-signal)

Key	Default	What it does
`khaosAI.provider`	`khaosai`	Hosted inference; switch to OpenAI/Anthropic/etc. for BYOK.
`khaosAI.model`	`gpt-5-nano`	Free text model; PRO unlocks frontier models.
`khaosAI.imageModel`	`gpt-image-pro-1.5`	Free image model.
`khaosAI.autoApprove.enabled`	`false`	Skip per-action confirmations.
`khaosAI.autoApprove.scopes`	`["edits.apply","mcp.tool"]`	Scopes auto-approved when the toggle above is on.
`khaosAI.checkpoints.enabled`	`true`	Snapshot before applying edits.
`khaosAI.plan.strict`	`false`	In Plan mode, refuse to propose edits.
`khaosAI.subscription.tier`	`standard`	`shopify` unlocks the Shopify panel + CLI.

The full schema is browsable in the sidebar's Settings tab and in the standard VS Code Settings UI under KhaosAI.

Privacy

KhaosAI ships with hosted inference proxied through https://api.khaosai.com. Source code only leaves your workspace as snippets selected by the lexical indexer (see khaosAI.indexing.*). Set the provider to a BYOK option to send traffic directly to your own account instead. API keys are stored in VS Code SecretStorage.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.